BPSC Prelims Question Paper and Solution for SET – A

131. Which of the following is a Harappan port?
(A) Alexandria
(B) Lothal
(C) Mahasthangarh
(D) Nagapattanam

132. The Gupta emperor who defeated the ‘Hunas’ was
(A) Samudragupta
(B) Chandragupta II
(C) Skandagupta
(D) Ramgupta

133. What is the name of Kalhana’s book?
(A) Arthashastra
(B) Indica
(C) Purana
(D) Rajtarangini

134. Which inscription tells about the various achievements of Rudradaman I?
(A) Junagarh
(B) Bhitari
(C) Nasik
(D) Sanchi

135. Who was the first ruler of the Slave dynasty?
(A) Qutubuddin Aibak (B) Iltutmish
(C) Razia
(D) ‘Balban

136. Who was the ruler of Devgiri at the time of Alauddin Khalji’s invasion?
(A) Prataprudra bev (B) Ramchandra Dev (C) Malik Kafoor
(D) Rana Ratan Singh

137. Who of the following Muslim rulers abolished the pilgrimage tax?
(A) Bahalol Lodi (B) Sher Shah (C) Humayun (D) Akbar

138. What was ‘Dar-ul-Shafa’ established by Firoz Tughlaq?
(A) An alms house
(B) A free hospital
(C) A library
(D) A guesthouse for pilgrims

139. The ‘Permanent Settlement’ was made with
(A) Zamindars
(B) village communities (C) Muqaddamas
(D) peasants

140. Who was the founder of ‘Prarthana Samaj?
(A) Atmaram Panduranga (B) Tilak
(C) Annie Besant
(D) Rasbihari Ghosh

141. Who was the father of Indian Renaissance?
(A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(B) Dayananda Saraswati
(C) Shraddhananda
(D) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

142. ‘Swaraj Dal’ was founded by
(A) Tilak and Chittaranjan Das
(B) Gandhi and Motilal Nehru
(C) Gandhi and Tilak
(D) Chittaranjan Das and Motilal Nehru

143. Who founded the ‘Theosophical Society’?
(A) Madame H, P. Blavatsky (B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy (C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Swami Vivekananda

144. Which one of the following books was written by Tilak?
(A) India in Transition
(B) Gita Rahasya
(C) Gokhale-My Political Guru (D) Discovery of India

145. Where was Mahaveer Swami born?
(A) Kundagram (B) Pataliputra (C) Magadh
(D) Vaishali

146. Where did Mahatma Buddha’s ‘Mahaparinirvan’ take place?
(A) Lumbini
(B) Bodh Gaya
(C) Kushinara
(D) Kapilavastu

147. At which place did Mahatma Buddha give his first ‘Dharmachakrapravartan ‘?
(A) Lumbini
(B) Sarnath
(C) Pataliputra
(D) Vaishali

148. What was the early capital of Magadh?
(A) Pataliputra
(B) Vaishali
(C) Rajagriha (Girivraja)
(D) Champa

149. What was the name of the dynasty of Ajatshatru?
(A) Maurya
(B) Haryanka
(C) Nanda
(D) Gupta

150. The Third Buddhist Council was convented at
(A) Takshashila
(B) Sarnath
(C) Bodh Gaya
(D) Pataliputra

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